Spies: Wartime Espionage / Infiltration and Assassination

Synopsis

Made with access to intelligence sources and case files from around the world, and using archive film and interviews with intelligence personnel, follows intelligence operations surrounding World War 2: how by early 1940 the British had cracked the German Enigma codes; notes that American intelligence had cracked the Japanese diplomatic codes but failed to warn prior to Pearl Harbor; the women operatives of the British SOE; the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto; the race to steal the secrets of Hitler’s V-Rockets from the advancing Russians; Stalin’s spy network; Soviet KGB assassination techniques;

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; 2 videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 202 min.

Year of production

1995

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £16.99 (inclusive)

Subjects

History

Keywords

espionage; World War II

Production Company

Name

CBS Inc.

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

Simply Media

Contact

Laura Smith

Email

info@simplymedia.tv

Web

http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0203 542 3722

Address

Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ

Notes

Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE